Dauphin Island, AL wind

Dauphin Island, AL is a land weather station near Theodore. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 4 kn from ESE (120°), gusting 5 kn, 2026-11-04 02:18 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 20:18 America/Chicago). 1012 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 13 kn, 79 readings, gust 24 kn, peak mean 21 kn, mostly E (96°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 02:18 UTC: 4 kn from ESE (120°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-04 01:54 UTC: 9 kn from ESE (120°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 10 kn from ESE (110°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 13 kn from ESE (110°), gust 15 kn
2026-11-03 22:54 UTC: 11 kn from ESE (110°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 21:18 UTC: 19 kn from ESE (110°), gust 22 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 18 kn from ESE (110°), gust 21 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 15 kn from ESE (110°), gust 18 kn

Position 30.250, -88.075; exposure coastal. Dauphin Island, AL is on the shore: it reads sea wind well, land wind less so.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Dauphin Island, AL: 2.2 kn on average across 152 hourly comparisons, against 2.7 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Dauphin Island, AL: 2.8 kn on average across 152 hourly comparisons, against 3.6 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

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Stations near Dauphin Island, AL

Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL, 0.2 nm away
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Katrina Cut, AL, 7.2 nm away
Bon Secour, AL, 13.6 nm away
Safe Harbor Met Station, Weeks Bay Reserve, AL, 16.4 nm away
Fairhope/Callahan Arpt, 16.4 nm away